The phrase "as ruminants" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing animals that belong to the ruminant group, which includes species that digest food in a specific way, such as cows and sheep.
Example: "Many animals, as ruminants, have a unique digestive system that allows them to break down tough plant materials efficiently."
Alternatives: "like ruminants" or "in the manner of ruminants".
Beef had a far greater impact than all the others because as ruminants, cattle make far less efficient use of their feed.
Because the protein content of most plants is low, very large amounts of plant material are required by animals, such as ruminants (e.g., cows), that eat only plant material to meet their amino acid requirements.
And as ruminants, cows emit methane a powerful greenhouse gas during their digestion.
As ruminants, they tend to hydrate and forage in the same space, thus defecating and urinating in sensitive riparian zones.
The utilization of OC as ruminants feed is a good way of recycling this by-product.
As ruminants, they're genetic cousins of cows and sheep, but as members of the Cervidae family, their closest relations are deer.
Group IV (hybrid Ap × Ar 9) had the highest nutritional quality as ruminant feeds.
When bacteria break down grass during the cow's digestive process, the methane produced as ruminant burps joins the methane from other bacterial sources (swamps, sewage sludge, animal intestines) to influence atmospheric temperature and gas.
At the end of both processes, remaining non-fermentable components (germ, fiber, protein, and residual starch) are recovered as DDGS (distillers dried grains with solubles), a coproduct primarily used as ruminant animal food.
Even excluding the fact that brain matter may pass into the trough that collects the blood once an animal's throat is slit, the Commission report concluded a decade ago that "[a]s far as ruminant blood is concerned, it is considered that the best approach to protect public health at present is to assume that it could contain low levels of infectivity".
As ruminant grazers, buffalos move when they eat.
